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The Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood St. Petersburg, Russia. The official name is the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ The Cathedral Church is decorated in Byzantine mosaic iconography of the Saints and angels from floor to ceiling. The scenes include times of the Life of Jesus Christ. The giver of life is above in the heavens and we are reminded of this when looking upwards. Here we see Jesus Christ with both his hands raised, also writing on a book. Both hands of Christ, his…
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The Icon of the Mother of God “Of the Sign”, depicts the Most Holy Theotokos with prayerfully uplifted hands, and the Divine Infant is at Her bosom in a mandorla (or sphere). This depiction of the Mother of God is regarded as one of the very first of Her iconographic images. In the…
